different between catkin vs calkin

catkin

English

Etymology

From Middle Dutch katteken (“catkin”, literally “little cat”), equivalent to cat +? -kin. So named due to the resemblance of lengthier kinds to a kitten's tail, or, perhaps more probably, the fine fur found on some catkins (compare the pictures, respectively). Cognate with German Kätzchen, modern Dutch katje.

Noun

catkin (plural catkins)

(botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.

Synonyms

ament
amentum

Coordinate terms

raceme
spike

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antick, natick

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calkin

English

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caulkin

Noun

calkin (plural calkins)

A calk (on a horseshoe).
- 1889, Rudyard Kipling, "The Ballad of East and West"
  Kamal is out with twenty men to raise the Border side,
  And he has lifted the Colonel's mare that is the Colonel's pride.
  He has lifted her out of the stable-door between the dawn and day
  And turned the calkins upon her feet, and ridden her far away.

Anagrams

Acklin

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